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Special Weather Statement, NWS Midland/Odessa, TX
NWS Midland/Odessa, TX issued this special weather statement at Oct 21, 2021, 2:28 PM CDT for Jeff Davis County, Texas. It was in force for 47 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The outline as issued.
The facts
- Issued
- Oct 21, 2021, 2:28 PM CDT (19:28 UTC)
- Expired
- Oct 21, 2021, 3:15 PM CDT
- In force
- 47 min
- Issued by
- NWS Midland/Odessa, TX
- Hail
- 0.50 in
- Wind
- 40
County Jeff Davis County, TX
The radar
The Midland/Odessa radar (KMAF), 222 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:31 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Midland Regional, TX (KMAF), launched 12:00Z, 7.5 hours before the alert went out and 222 km from the middle of its area. This is the routine balloon launch nearest before it, the air the forecaster had in hand, not a measurement taken for the alert.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 1076 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -203 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 820 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 25 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 82 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 117 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.4
The text
As transmitted.
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</html>What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this special weather statement went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.
NWS Midland/Odessa, TX wrote its last area forecast discussion before this special weather statement went out at Oct 21, 12:11 PM CDT, 2 hours 17 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Oct 21, 12:11 PM CDT, 2 hours 17 minutes before
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</html>Hazardous weather outlook, Oct 21, 1:59 PM CDT, 29 minutes before
Hazardous Weather Outlook National Weather Service Midland/Odessa TX 159 PM CDT Thu Oct 21 2021 NMZ027>029-033-034-TXZ045>048-050>053-059>063-067>070-075-082- 270>282-221900- Guadalupe Mountains of Eddy County-Eddy County Plains- Northern Lea County-Central Lea County-Southern Lea County-Gaines- Dawson-Borden-Scurry-Andrews-Martin-Howard-Mitchell-Loving-Winkler- Ector-Midland-Glasscock-Ward-Crane-Upton-Reagan-Pecos-Terrell- Guadalupe Mountains Above 7000 Feet-Guadalupe and Delaware Mountains- Van Horn and Highway 54 Corridor-Eastern Culberson County- Reeves County Plains-Chinati Mountains-Marfa Plateau-Davis Mountains- Davis Mountains Foothills-Central Brewster County-Chisos Basin- Presidio Valley-Lower Brewster County- 159 PM CDT Thu Oct 21 2021 /1259 PM MDT Thu Oct 21 2021/ This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for portions of southeast New Mexico, southwest Texas, and western Texas. .DAY ONE...This Afternoon and Tonight A few strong storms are possible across the Davis Mountains, Marfa Plateau, over to the Lower Trans Pecos this afternoon and early evening. Strong wind gusts, hail, and lightning will be the primary concerns. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Friday through Wednesday The probability for widespread hazardous weather is low. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... Spotter activation is not anticipated. Please relay any information about observed severe weather to the NWS while following all local, state and CDC guidelines. This product, along with other watches, warnings, advisories, and statements issued by the National Weather Service Office in Midland, can be found on the internet at... https://weather.gov/midland
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Oct 21, 2:28 PM CDT, 0 minutes before
Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Midland/Odessa TX
228 PM CDT Thu Oct 21 2021
TXZ277-278-212015-
Davis Mountains Foothills TX-Davis Mountains TX-
228 PM CDT Thu Oct 21 2021
...A strong thunderstorm will impact portions of southeastern Jeff
Davis County through 315 PM CDT...
At 227 PM CDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm over
McDonald Observatory, or 7 miles northwest of Fort Davis, moving east
at 10 mph.
HAZARD...Winds in excess of 40 mph and half inch hail.
SOURCE...Radar indicated.
IMPACT...Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around
unsecured objects. Minor damage to outdoor objects is
possible.
Locations impacted include...
Fort Davis, McDonald Observatory, Davis Mountains State Park, Black
Mountain, Star Mountain, Buffalo Trail Scout Camp, Indian Lodge and
Fort Davis National Historical Site.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
If outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a building.
&&
LAT...LON 3059 10414 3082 10406 3080 10375 3047 10380
TIME...MOT...LOC 1927Z 286DEG 8KT 3067 10398
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.50 IN
MAX WIND GUST...40 MPH
10The office that day
Everything else NWS Midland/Odessa, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 21, 2:18 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | MAF | Jeff Davis | 117 min |
| Oct 21, 2:39 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | MAF | Brewster, Presidio | 3 hr |
| Oct 21, 2:52 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MAF | Jeff Davis | 3 hr |
| Oct 21, 3:08 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MAF | Presidio | 52 min |
| Oct 21, 3:09 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MAF | 51 min | |
| Oct 21, 3:30 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MAF | 45 min | |
| Oct 21, 3:36 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Brewster, Jeff Davis, Presidio | 39 min |
| Oct 21, 3:38 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Brewster | 52 min |
| Oct 21, 4:10 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | MAF | Brewster | 3 hr |
| Oct 21, 4:18 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MAF | Pecos | 42 min |
| Oct 21, 4:27 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Brewster | 48 min |
| Oct 21, 4:35 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MAF | Brewster | 3 hr |
| Oct 21, 4:49 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MAF | Presidio | 41 min |
| Oct 21, 4:56 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MAF | Presidio | 49 min |
| Oct 21, 5:13 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MAF | Brewster | 47 min |
| Oct 21, 5:27 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Brewster, Presidio | 48 min |
| Oct 21, 5:34 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Brewster | 41 min |
| Oct 21, 6:15 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MAF | Presidio | 45 min |
| Oct 21, 6:24 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Brewster, Presidio | 29 min |
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Sources
The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.